Seine reopens for swimming after a century

The River Seine in Paris has reopened to public swimming for the first time since 1923, thanks to a major clean-up campaign prompted by its use in the 2024 Paris Olympics

Louvre Museum
Eiffel Tower
Notre-Dame
PARIS
PARIS
Seine
Seine
Swimming sites
Bercy
Bras Marie
Bras de Grenelle
Underground run-off reservoir
1km
0.6 miles

Admission: Open for free at scheduled times to anyone with minimum age of 10 or 14 years, depending on location, between Jul 5 and Aug 31

Water quality: $1.65 billion invested to connect thousands of homes to sewers, upgrade treatment plants, and build rainwater reservoirs to prevent storm overflows

Sources: Reuters, BBC, Paris.fr
Picture: Getty Images
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